List of frequent Tim Burton collaborators

Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker, animator, and artist, who often works with certain actors and crew members in multiple feature film directing projects.

Film composer Danny Elfman composed the music for most of Burton's feature films, save for Ed Wood (1994), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). He also composed the music for The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), a stop-motion animated film Burton co-wrote and produced.[1]

The actors who collaborated with Burton the most frequently are Johnny Depp (8 films), Helena Bonham Carter (7 films), and Christopher Lee and Michael Gough (5 films each). Other actors that Burton has worked with repeatedly include Alan Arkin, Danny DeVito, Conchata Ferrell, Albert Finney, Carmen Filpi, Eva Green, Pat Hingle, Jan Hooks, Rance Howard, Jeffrey Jones, O-Lan Jones, Michael Keaton, Martin Landau, Lisa Marie, Jack Nicholson, Catherine O'Hara, Michelle Pfeiffer, Missi Pyle, Paul Reubens, Alan Rickman, Deep Roy, Winona Ryder, Diane Salinger, Glenn Shadix, Martin Short, Timothy Spall, Terence Stamp, Sylvia Sidney, Christopher Walken, Frank Welker, and Paul Whitehouse.

Actor Jason Hervey appeared in the short film Frankenweenie (1984), before appearing in Burton's feature film-directing debut Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985).[2] Actor Vincent Price worked with Burton on three projects, hosting the television film Hansel and Gretel (1983), narrating the short film Vincent (1982) and appearing in the feature film Edward Scissorhands (1990).[3] Twin actresses Ada and Arlene Tai worked with Burton as uncredited extras in Ed Wood before being cast as the conjoined twins Ping and Jing in Big Fish (2003).[4] In addition to starring in Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and Frankenweenie (2012), Winona Ryder appeared in the Burton-directed music video for the Killers' 2012 single "Here with Me".

Christina Ricci was the first actor to reunite with Burton for television, appearing as a series regular in Wednesday (2022) after starring in Sleepy Hollow (1999). Likewise, Jenna Ortega, the leading series regular of Wednesday, reunited with Burton shortly after, starring in Beetlejuice 2 (2024).

Cast
Work
Actor
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Alan Arkin[5] YesYes
Helena Bonham Carter[6] YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Simmy Bow[7] YesYes
Steven Brill[8] YesYes
Tommy Bush[9] YesYes
Johnny Depp[10] YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Danny DeVito[11] YesYesYesYes
Adam Drescher[12] YesYes
Conchata Ferrell[13] YesYes
Carmen Filpi[14] YesYesYes
Albert Finney[15] YesYes
Michael Gough[16] YesYesYesYesYes
Eva Green[17] YesYesYes
Garrick Hagon[18] YesYes
Pat Hingle[19] YesYes
Jan Hooks[20] YesYes
Rance Howard[21] YesYes
Jeffrey Jones[22] YesYesYes
O-Lan Jones[23] YesYesYes
Michael Keaton[24] YesYesYesYesYes
Stuart Lancaster[25] YesYes
Martin Landau[26] YesYesYes
Christopher Lee[27] YesYesYesYesYes
Lisa Marie[28] YesYesYesYes
Jack Nicholson[29] YesYes
Catherine O'Hara[30] YesYesYes
Jessica Oyelowo[31] YesYes
Sarah Jessica Parker[32] YesYes
Michelle Pfeiffer[33] YesYes
Philip Philmar[34] YesYesYes
Missi Pyle[35] YesYes
Paul Reubens[36] YesYes
Alan Rickman[37] YesYes
Deep Roy[38] YesYesYesYes
Winona Ryder[39] YesYesYesYes
Diane Salinger[40] YesYes
Glenn Shadix[41] YesYes
Martin Short[42] YesYes
Sylvia Sidney[43] YesYes
Timothy Spall[44] YesYes
Terence Stamp[45] YesYes
Philip Tan[46] YesYes
Harry Taylor[47] YesYesYesYesYesYes
Christopher Walken[48] YesYes
Frank Welker[49] YesYesYes
Paul Whitehouse[50] YesYes
Biff Yeager[51] YesYesYes

Crew

Burton also often works with certain crew members in multiple directing projects. This includes screenwriters Warren Skaaren, Caroline Thompson, John August, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Seth Grahame-Smith and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, producers Denise Di Novi, Allison Abbate, Richard D. Zanuck, and Derek Frey, composer Danny Elfman, composer/music supervisor/music producer/music editor Mike Higham, costume designer Colleen Atwood, production designers Bo Welch, Alex McDowell, and Rick Heinrichs, cinematographers Stefan Czapsky, Philippe Rousselot, Dariusz Wolski, and Bruno Delbonnel, makeup artists Ve Neill, Stan Winston, and Rick Baker, and editor/executive producer Chris Lebenzon. Burton has worked with director Henry Selick on The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996), the former of which Burton co-wrote. He has also worked with fellow producer/director Timur Bekmambetov and producer Jim Lemley on 9 (2009) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), for which Bekmambetov also served as director. Burton has also collaborated with puppet manufacturers Mackinnon & Saunders three times: a failed attempt on Mars Attacks!, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie.

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  36. "Paul Reubens filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  37. "Alan Rickman filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  38. "Deep Roy filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  39. "Winona Ryder filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  40. "Diane Salinger filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  41. "Glenn Shadix filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  42. "Martin Short filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  43. "Sylvia Sidney filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  44. "Timothy Spall filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  45. "Terence Stamp filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
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  49. "Frank Welker filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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